#30248 [Opn->Bgs]: Ternary operator nesting is wrong

ID: 30248 Updated by: amt@php.net Reported By: RAbbott at CalStateLA dot edu -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.3.7 New Comment: This is a known issue, but it's not going to change because it will break backwards compatibility. Sorry. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-27 03:02:14] RAbbott at CalStateLA dot edu Description: ------------ The ternary expression operators '?' and ':' nest improperly. The issue was reported by abodeman@yahoo as a comment on the Operators page: http://us2.php.net/language.operators. He reports it as a nuisance. It's more than that. It is a either an implementation error or an error in the specification of the language. Here is an example. <pre> X = A ? B : C ? D : E; parses as if it were written as follows. X = (A ? B : C) ? D : E; It should parse as if it is written like this. X = A ? B : (C ? D : E); </pre> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30248&edit=1